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the route that's usually taken from countries like libya and so on is directly north towards the other side of italy towards the island of sicily as well. this route is less common. to put this in context, in 2014 italy received more than 150,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. that's a large increase on previous years. the international organization for migration says more than 3,000 refugees are known to have died trying to make the journey from africa in the middle east to europe on stable boats. >>> medical sources in yemen say 33 have been killed in a suicide bombing many the southern city of ibb. the group have routes in northern yemen but extending influence across the country. this brought them to conflict with local tribal groups and extremist elements linked to al qaeda based in the south. >>> the king of saudi arabia is admitted to the hospital for tests. it gave no further details of the 90-year-old who's ruled the oil rich kingdom since 2005. the saudi stock market fell after the news was announced on state television. >>> in a few minutes time we're going to fin
the route that's usually taken from countries like libya and so on is directly north towards the other side of italy towards the island of sicily as well. this route is less common. to put this in context, in 2014 italy received more than 150,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. that's a large increase on previous years. the international organization for migration says more than 3,000 refugees are known to have died trying to make the journey from africa in the middle east to europe...
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it has a reputation of being an unstable place because of the chaos in neighboring libya. because of the low level jihadist insurgency inside tunisia. this is one of the things that how he positioned himself during the campaign. >> beji caid essebsi will not be guiding the country alone. he will have to form a new government. >> that's right. he will not have the powers of the ousted former strongman of tunisia. the constitution was changed to avoid that kind of centralized presidential cyst. you have a fairly -- system. you have a fairly powerful form of parliament. that will be the key post of running the economy on a day-to-day basis and resolve the issues of poverty and unemployment. whether tunisia succeeds is going to depend on whether a viable governing coalition can be brought together and that is the big question because there is not a party with an absolute majority in parliament. the property that beji caid essebsi founded as the most seats -- party that beji caid essebsi founded has the most seats in parliament, but it does not have a majority. we don't have a
it has a reputation of being an unstable place because of the chaos in neighboring libya. because of the low level jihadist insurgency inside tunisia. this is one of the things that how he positioned himself during the campaign. >> beji caid essebsi will not be guiding the country alone. he will have to form a new government. >> that's right. he will not have the powers of the ousted former strongman of tunisia. the constitution was changed to avoid that kind of centralized...
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. >> firefighters in libya getting the upper hand on an oil depot blaze. crews celebrating the hard-fought battle. fires were set this week between warring factions. >> a fire at a carpet factory sending a pillar of thick black smoke into the air. >> san jose, california, strong winds blasting the area. there is no one driving that car. it knocked down trees and power lines and moved this parked truck, which clearly did not have an emergency brake on. >> tell that to the insurance company. >> a sonar image could show the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. it is at the bottom of the jar have a sea. still unclear if that is in one piece or broken up. search teams have found a seventh body believed to be from the plane. bat weather hampering most of today's search efforts. former ntsbjector joins us. thanks for being back with us this morning. air asia founded in 1993, relatively new. do they have the tools and expertise to investigate this crash? >> the airline will not be running the investigation. the government will. the question i hope they will address is
. >> firefighters in libya getting the upper hand on an oil depot blaze. crews celebrating the hard-fought battle. fires were set this week between warring factions. >> a fire at a carpet factory sending a pillar of thick black smoke into the air. >> san jose, california, strong winds blasting the area. there is no one driving that car. it knocked down trees and power lines and moved this parked truck, which clearly did not have an emergency brake on. >> tell that to the...
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we're determined to get to the truth regarding the terrorist attack in our mission in benghazi libya. i believe the path we're going down is the correct one. >> i mean repealing obamacare, reinvestigating benghazi suing the president. i mean it's kind of funny things to be focused on while we're dealing with all these critical issues. >> could you imagine how far we would be if the republicans just would have worked with the president? supposing we'd have passed the infrastructure bill, supposing we didn't have sequestration where we had to lose thousands of jobs on the public sector. our unemployment rate would be down below or right around 5% or below. more people would be working and we would be even better off than we are now. the president has done this despite the republicans being obstructionists and focusing on issues of all of which are nothing. benghazi. their own report came out to show that the president did not hide anything there was nothing done there. and so if they would just -- so the verdict is out on them now. if they really want to help america, the next two years
we're determined to get to the truth regarding the terrorist attack in our mission in benghazi libya. i believe the path we're going down is the correct one. >> i mean repealing obamacare, reinvestigating benghazi suing the president. i mean it's kind of funny things to be focused on while we're dealing with all these critical issues. >> could you imagine how far we would be if the republicans just would have worked with the president? supposing we'd have passed the infrastructure...
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but we've seen intervention sections in libya where we went in militarily but we wanted europeans to handle the conflict. now we're looking to have allies in the middle east primarily to randall around and find a way to handle isil. i think that, you know, it's hard to see whether or not the united states can sustain this approach. but to echo what my colleagues thought, exceptionally the last ten years we called the decade of war the response has been touching a hot plate stove. we've had our finger burned. when the bush administration came in, the fundamental belief was we had the ability to change things reshape things. now you're going to be hard pressed to go in to the pentagon and see military power and economic power to truly translate outcomes in these regions. >> are we still looking for the united states place in the world, one that the country wants to be. >> i think we are but i don't think the two visions we have in front of us right now are the right answer, or one that's american people are comfortable with. i don't think we're comfortable with the very forward lead wi
but we've seen intervention sections in libya where we went in militarily but we wanted europeans to handle the conflict. now we're looking to have allies in the middle east primarily to randall around and find a way to handle isil. i think that, you know, it's hard to see whether or not the united states can sustain this approach. but to echo what my colleagues thought, exceptionally the last ten years we called the decade of war the response has been touching a hot plate stove. we've had our...
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what's helping that settling and going on in libya. also opec usually a swing provider, is absolutely critical, and the saudi arabia isn't budging in terms of its delivery or intended delivery of output of oil in 2015. so what i think it really is if you look at putin's economy, it's mostly invested in oil and natural gas and also a huge arms trade in russia. so i think it will have to divest his economy. and in doing so i think the arms trade will become more important to him. and we know who his main customers are in terms of the arms trade. it's iran and syria. >> david roth cop of in miami. a great website, look at it every day. great stuff on it. >> thank you. >> we appreciate you being with us. mikie kay, you're going to stick around? >> love to. >> thank you very much for saying that. and we're going to bring you the very latest information surrounding the recovery mission of the airasia flight. again, the airline has confirmed the debris in the java sea is from that missing plane. we're going to be going live to singapore in ju
what's helping that settling and going on in libya. also opec usually a swing provider, is absolutely critical, and the saudi arabia isn't budging in terms of its delivery or intended delivery of output of oil in 2015. so what i think it really is if you look at putin's economy, it's mostly invested in oil and natural gas and also a huge arms trade in russia. so i think it will have to divest his economy. and in doing so i think the arms trade will become more important to him. and we know who...
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a rocket attack on oil tanks in libya fueled the early uptick but real concerns of oversupply erased those gains. "real money"'s ali velshi joins us. oh, the barrel is back! >> that's a barrel. >> how far did oil price fall today? >> 53.61. down 45% since this time last year. it was $99 a barrel a year ago. gasoline prices afgd averaged $3.31 a gallon according to aaa it's $2.29 a gallon today. this has been a gain of a lot of america. six months of falling prices. you can predict or not predict about the stock market, maybe i'll be right or maybe i'll be wrong. nobody was predicting the price of oil at the end of the year at around $59 a barrel. last time we saw this, we were in a recession. very interesting to see a 5 handle on oil. >> take a moments here walk us through this. what does this mean for u.s. economy? >> well it generally means good things you've got extra money you spend it somewhere else, that creates demand, that creates jobs. meanwhile the companies from write wii you're buying are spending less on energy, so they have more to vest. at $80 a barrel unemployment was
a rocket attack on oil tanks in libya fueled the early uptick but real concerns of oversupply erased those gains. "real money"'s ali velshi joins us. oh, the barrel is back! >> that's a barrel. >> how far did oil price fall today? >> 53.61. down 45% since this time last year. it was $99 a barrel a year ago. gasoline prices afgd averaged $3.31 a gallon according to aaa it's $2.29 a gallon today. this has been a gain of a lot of america. six months of falling prices....
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during fighting in libya journalists take cover from incoming fire. in iraq, memorial for journalist jim foley after he was abducted and beheaded in syria. >> 2014 has been marked by an extreme level of violence toward journalists all around the world. >> of the 220 journalists jailed, 132 are there because they criticized their own governments, 45 have been charged with nothing. >> the people and the parties involved in the conflicts wants to control the information pro produce and provide their own propaganda. >> in syria this year, 15 journalists were killed doing their jobs. after years of war the front lines blurry, local fighters are difficult to trust. the islamic state of iraq and the levant hunts journalists to execute or sell. >> i'm john can'tly and we're in the city of kobane. >> in the case of john can'tly turn into a propaganda tool. >> syria is the most dangerous place for journalists right now. >> activists are arrested for questions their own government. >> in hong kong, chinese authorities exert huge influence massive protests were a
during fighting in libya journalists take cover from incoming fire. in iraq, memorial for journalist jim foley after he was abducted and beheaded in syria. >> 2014 has been marked by an extreme level of violence toward journalists all around the world. >> of the 220 journalists jailed, 132 are there because they criticized their own governments, 45 have been charged with nothing. >> the people and the parties involved in the conflicts wants to control the information pro...
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libya had an effect on the oil prices today. do you think this could come to the forefront for the year and push oil prices higher than you expect? >> geopolitics could come to the forefront and that is what happens to russia. does he lash out again politically or not? would have that have repercussions or not? the extra supply over recent years has come from one of the most reliable countries of the world, the united states. it has not come from the notoriously volatile countries of say the middle east or russia. and that means you probably have to worry less about what geopolitics could mean for oil prices and hence the global economy. than we would have had in 10 20, 30 years in the past. >> thank you for that. we will be discussing other areas of the markets coming up. >>> now, here's a look at some other stories stateside. sony pictures says "the interview" has made 18 million since the comedy was released on christmas day. the film was shown in about 330 u.s. theaters taking in $2.8 million. sony says the movie was downloa
libya had an effect on the oil prices today. do you think this could come to the forefront for the year and push oil prices higher than you expect? >> geopolitics could come to the forefront and that is what happens to russia. does he lash out again politically or not? would have that have repercussions or not? the extra supply over recent years has come from one of the most reliable countries of the world, the united states. it has not come from the notoriously volatile countries of say...
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libya says extremist groups escalated attacks on the country's largest oil facility today. at least 850,000 barrels have burned. japan's cabinet approved $29 billion in stimulus for its sluggish economy, and kodak will introduce a line of android smartphones at next month's consumer electronics show. i'm jeff glor. cbs news. man when i got shingles it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! if you've had chicken pox that shingles virus is already inside of you. it ain't pretty when it comes out. now i'm not telling you this so that you'll feel sorry for me. i'm just here to tell you that one out of three people are gonna end up getting shingles. i was one of 'em. so please go talk to your doctor or pharmacist. ♪ [typing] vo: when you're trying to lose weight it seems like food is everywhere. with your very own weight watchers personal coach you've got a plan and support from someone's who's been there before and who knows what it's like. this week was good i stuck with our plan. mmm, hum thanks coach. hi pumpkin
libya says extremist groups escalated attacks on the country's largest oil facility today. at least 850,000 barrels have burned. japan's cabinet approved $29 billion in stimulus for its sluggish economy, and kodak will introduce a line of android smartphones at next month's consumer electronics show. i'm jeff glor. cbs news. man when i got shingles it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! if you've had chicken pox that shingles...
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over in libya the situation is there is even worse than it was in september of 2012. really around the world the terrorist threat grows. iran, every day gets closer to nuclear weapons. we've just seen nuclear state north korea engage in a cyber attack on sony pictures. its nuclear and baallistic programs continue unimpeded. china and russia both remain threats. and i think in substantial measure, these problems are created by the obama administration's unwillingness to do what is necessary to protect our interest worldwide. >> talking about what you called the decline of american interest, this wasn't supposed to happen. let's take a look back at 2008. do you remember this? then candidate obama in berlin speaking to 200,000 people in the tear garden. kind of channelling ronald reagan, tear down this wall j.f.k. now, this month, we have a stunning comment on that from angela merkel. this is what she says and vanity fair is reporting. from the beginning when all of germany seemed to develop a mad passionate crush on barack obama, merkel was highly suspicious of obama's
over in libya the situation is there is even worse than it was in september of 2012. really around the world the terrorist threat grows. iran, every day gets closer to nuclear weapons. we've just seen nuclear state north korea engage in a cyber attack on sony pictures. its nuclear and baallistic programs continue unimpeded. china and russia both remain threats. and i think in substantial measure, these problems are created by the obama administration's unwillingness to do what is necessary to...
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leading up to the 9/11 event and it clearly outlined a deteriorating security posture in benghazi and libya in general. you could see it when you started at one end and got to the other, you could see the deterioration happening over time. they had referenced that the other nations, the brits who had pulled out, and the others who pulled out because of the security posture was not great. we had testimony from some of the security, cia security officials at one time in august when they wanted to merge that two facilities, who said we are not coming, this is an unsafe facility, and you need to fix it, talking to the state department regional security office personnel on the ground. none of that happened. to say every time there is a specific event is an intelligence failure, i would disagree with that. they have the context right. the event on that night we did not know, or they do not know, i should say, to clarify, but to say it was an intelligence -- there was a notice on the cia wall that night that you should be in a heightened posture because of the deterioration of the security footpri
leading up to the 9/11 event and it clearly outlined a deteriorating security posture in benghazi and libya in general. you could see it when you started at one end and got to the other, you could see the deterioration happening over time. they had referenced that the other nations, the brits who had pulled out, and the others who pulled out because of the security posture was not great. we had testimony from some of the security, cia security officials at one time in august when they wanted to...
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we use that in libya. it's going to take probably decades to ma i can it international law like human rights law, the universitial declaration, that was a deck laration like the isn'ty to protect over decades of treaties ratifying that, action and supporting human rights, that becomes the new law. unless we are doing to do some things that violate current law, we can't get to a place where we can stop things like the syrian civil war early enough that they room. >> intervention is often needed early to be effective? >> absolutely. at this point, i look at this and think how on earth are you going to stop this? i think action against assad himself to force him to the negotiating table but i am not sure who else would be at that table at this points because >> right. >> it will be four years on. >> the moderate sirrians seem to be minimal at best in their strength and number. so, if you go after assad, are you not then helping isil? >> and if you go after isil, aren't you helping assad? syria has now fractur
we use that in libya. it's going to take probably decades to ma i can it international law like human rights law, the universitial declaration, that was a deck laration like the isn'ty to protect over decades of treaties ratifying that, action and supporting human rights, that becomes the new law. unless we are doing to do some things that violate current law, we can't get to a place where we can stop things like the syrian civil war early enough that they room. >> intervention is often...
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failed state in libya. ice -- isis in syria bastes they can build. >> next generation of terrorist also continue to be born in syria where the civil war is going to continue. also libya another civil war you don't hear too often about. the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is going to open up another opportunity for terrorists to establish a safe haven. >> and as we are seeing now with the rise of the lone wolf attacks. there is a lot of folks in the united states now getting inspired by magazines reading on the gort. they are being self-radicalized as we have seen in australia and seen in canada. we are not immune to these kind of homegrown threats. >> the matt just shows that the threat from homegrown terrorists and also abroad is increasing. we know the number of al qaeda type jihadists has doubled since 2010. the number one threat is homegrown terrorism. >> we will see what happens or as one of my dear friends used to say don't bother worrying because you never worry about the right thing. we will see wh
failed state in libya. ice -- isis in syria bastes they can build. >> next generation of terrorist also continue to be born in syria where the civil war is going to continue. also libya another civil war you don't hear too often about. the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is going to open up another opportunity for terrorists to establish a safe haven. >> and as we are seeing now with the rise of the lone wolf attacks. there is a lot of folks in the united states now getting...
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even in places like mali and somalia and the rest of it -- libya is much worse than all these countries, there's nobody in control. they're failed states. and they breed terrorism. >> there's a vacuum and it tends to be filled. general hurtling, one of the things that we've seen here over this week a couple of days ago "inspire" came out. for people unfamiliar with it and probably haven't ever looked at this. it's a terrorist publication, 112 pages. this is something targeting people who may be inspired by terrorists. it talks about bomb-making. it highlights possible targets, gives tips on how to bypass security. how do you stop this? is there any way to curb something like this? >> well, "inspire" has been around since july of 2010. and it's actually given some tips to aspiring jihadists, both single source ones and the ones who they've asked to act on their own. and we've seen results with major hasan as the congressman pointed out, with the boston bomber -- that was a direct result of a magazine article that they had called "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." this is an
even in places like mali and somalia and the rest of it -- libya is much worse than all these countries, there's nobody in control. they're failed states. and they breed terrorism. >> there's a vacuum and it tends to be filled. general hurtling, one of the things that we've seen here over this week a couple of days ago "inspire" came out. for people unfamiliar with it and probably haven't ever looked at this. it's a terrorist publication, 112 pages. this is something targeting...
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eric: and a deadly attack on an oil facility in libya. leah: and more liberals pushing for senator elizabeth warren to run for president. our political panel will be here to weigh in. eric: a rocket attack in libya has sent an oil storage taj on fire. rival groups fight for control of that country's biggest export terminal. the facility was shut down weeks ago amid all the fighting by armed factions tied to the competing governments in libya. the country has had two separate governments since august when rebels seized tripoli and tried to set up their own administration. ♪ ♪ leah: a first of its kind deal now being reached, south korea and ya is pan joining with the u.s. in an agreement to share intelligence on north korea's nuclear and missile programs enabling the three countries to respond swiftly to growing threats by kim jong un's regime. what will this mean? nile gardiner, director of the margaret that much everybody -- margaret thatcher center. i can't say what the answer is, but the question was always where is north korea on
eric: and a deadly attack on an oil facility in libya. leah: and more liberals pushing for senator elizabeth warren to run for president. our political panel will be here to weigh in. eric: a rocket attack in libya has sent an oil storage taj on fire. rival groups fight for control of that country's biggest export terminal. the facility was shut down weeks ago amid all the fighting by armed factions tied to the competing governments in libya. the country has had two separate governments since...
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iran, libya, venezuela. right now our economic sanctions and the power of wall street is doing just what you said is what we are crippling countries that hate us with. >> low oil prices have to do with that? >> a lot. that's coming from the shale fracing. that's why i hope the president looks at that. russia is not our friend. we as a country and everybody -- what i think is going to happen in the next election cycle is the success of the run senate in getting two deals with the president, a party that's just not saying no and a democratic party that's not going to move so far to the left that it will jump off the track. >> i don't think most people would put russia and china in the same space. but we understand your point. as part of this bump in the polls, we were talking about immigration reform and stepping out, doing what he wants to do. he signed those executive orders. is that part of what we're seeing in the bump here? >> i believe so. and i think. tuts the president in a very strong position. obviou
iran, libya, venezuela. right now our economic sanctions and the power of wall street is doing just what you said is what we are crippling countries that hate us with. >> low oil prices have to do with that? >> a lot. that's coming from the shale fracing. that's why i hope the president looks at that. russia is not our friend. we as a country and everybody -- what i think is going to happen in the next election cycle is the success of the run senate in getting two deals with the...
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the facility was shut down weeks ago during ongoing clashes from libya's two governments. >> in mexico, demonstrations for missing students reached the steps of the german embassy thursday. protestors say a german weapons manufacture supplied rifles to corrupt police officers implicated in the students' disappearance. germany's government told the weapons company four years ago to stop sending arms to mexico due to human rights issues. >> science may be generally rewarded as male-dominated, but efforts to close the gender gap has paid off, women now even surpassing their male pierce. >> achieving gender parity in the fields of science and technology has not been easy. for countries in latin america and the caribbean, women are making tremendous strides. >> nowadays, 46% ever scientists in latin america are women, this is a relatively high rate, the high effort in the world. >> bo olivia has the high effort concentration, making up 63% of the countries scientists. that's higher than the u.s., where women account for only under a quarter of science workers. in brass still, science withou
the facility was shut down weeks ago during ongoing clashes from libya's two governments. >> in mexico, demonstrations for missing students reached the steps of the german embassy thursday. protestors say a german weapons manufacture supplied rifles to corrupt police officers implicated in the students' disappearance. germany's government told the weapons company four years ago to stop sending arms to mexico due to human rights issues. >> science may be generally rewarded as...
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clearing his own war on libya, and end up with our an ambassador to this, to the facade, sure rate to condemn racial profiling but only when we condemn it. lou: the thing is the president is playing politics with race, exploiting it and without seeming as you point out. the country's minorities as people who deserve so much better from any president along this president. "imus in the morning" judge napolitano: one of your prior guests was saying hillary clinton really needs barack obama's based but he is making it difficult for her to embrace them because his behavior is so irrational. lou: all we have to do is look at the turnout of midterm elections, absolutely atrocious. as we look at the obama administration, trying to exploit race here are there any constraints? any standing? we have 20 states suing on these issues on amnesty as executive order, we have conduct issues, who has as you folks like to say, standing here besides the american people being brutalized. >> governor elected greg abbott, the attorney general of texas sued the federal government more than any other sitting a
clearing his own war on libya, and end up with our an ambassador to this, to the facade, sure rate to condemn racial profiling but only when we condemn it. lou: the thing is the president is playing politics with race, exploiting it and without seeming as you point out. the country's minorities as people who deserve so much better from any president along this president. "imus in the morning" judge napolitano: one of your prior guests was saying hillary clinton really needs barack...
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mentioned that in his speech along with a call for peace in ukraine, peace in nigeria and south sudan, in libya, in other parts of africa. he called for solidarity with the victims of the ebola epidemic. he called for support of peace efforts between israelis and palestinians. essentially the focus of his calls for peace lay on the middle east and in africa, including also ukraine and pakistan. >> okay, james. good to speak to you. james reynolds in rome for us. >>> now, we are getting some reports from somalia of a large scale attack on the main african union military base. the details are still very sketchy, but there are reports of explosions and of gunfire from inside the base. as soon as we get more on that story, we'll bring it to you. >>> let's move on, because the controversial film about a plot to kill the north korean leader has opened in some american cinemas and been released online in the united states by sony pictures. the film was originally withdrawn because of threats by hackers, but viewers have been giving the film mixed reviews, as joe inwood reports. >> reporter: just a few
mentioned that in his speech along with a call for peace in ukraine, peace in nigeria and south sudan, in libya, in other parts of africa. he called for solidarity with the victims of the ebola epidemic. he called for support of peace efforts between israelis and palestinians. essentially the focus of his calls for peace lay on the middle east and in africa, including also ukraine and pakistan. >> okay, james. good to speak to you. james reynolds in rome for us. >>> now, we are...
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we see trouble in lebanon and libya because of isis. it is an ongoing problem. isis is targeting christian churches and taking the historic relics in those churches and selling them on the black market and making millions of dollars to further their hate. we have seen the radical islamic push for a while. remember 67 shoppers were killed last year in a mall in kenya. and the radical islamist who went in the mall and asked them basic questions about islam. and if you couldn't answer them they killed you. this is an organization that is completely violent and al-qaeda no longer works with isis because they are too violent and brutal and impatient. if an organization is too brutal for al-qaeda it is a serious problem. >> it is not just limited to the middle east. it came out from a german who spent time with isis urched great threat inside syria and he said did you run into american. 14 of them some americans that were there that were american- arab. and they had a threat from isis not just limited to iraq and syria although it is terrible a strosities there. >> th
we see trouble in lebanon and libya because of isis. it is an ongoing problem. isis is targeting christian churches and taking the historic relics in those churches and selling them on the black market and making millions of dollars to further their hate. we have seen the radical islamic push for a while. remember 67 shoppers were killed last year in a mall in kenya. and the radical islamist who went in the mall and asked them basic questions about islam. and if you couldn't answer them they...
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we are not getting briefings on the past military campaigns and even with the libya operation we have more. no discernible movement in syria. what would be since accomplishing isis. how effective are they. and is there a path to victory that you can see at this time. no one said what the end game is. it is effecting. and they can bring shock and a we. it will be able to make a difference. we have a political and another element on the ground that is not worked or moved. syria is a maginant for fighters. and that hasn't changed with the organization of isis. the foreign minister is saying it could be the next thing. and they are including. the same people who attacked our areas in benghazi, could be responsible for this in libia. and so where does that stand? >> that is an important reminder that it is not a struggle limited to particular geogravies. we are reminded that it spills over to syria and a broader region. the isis model is to take resources of value and build and grow. unfortunately it sounds like they are getting some of that progress in libya that would be a terrible devel
we are not getting briefings on the past military campaigns and even with the libya operation we have more. no discernible movement in syria. what would be since accomplishing isis. how effective are they. and is there a path to victory that you can see at this time. no one said what the end game is. it is effecting. and they can bring shock and a we. it will be able to make a difference. we have a political and another element on the ground that is not worked or moved. syria is a maginant for...
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which means, don't go to war in iraq or libya. webb's appeal is summed up neatly. attracting anti-war progressives and conservative-minded southern white men whom he believes the party can win back. his credo is as simple as it is persuasive. rather than squander power and resources, america should rebuild. i'm joined by the "hardball" roundtable, howard fineman, msnbc contributor, maria theresa kumar and washington correspondent for the philadelphia tribune. take this on on. hillary clinton has never been able to properly explain why she did support the iraq war, knowing everything everybody else knew, and a lot of liberals knew what she knew and said, knowing that, i'm against the war. >> chris, you said earlier in the show that the worst place to be in politics is to look like a flip-flopper, look like you're in the boat changing sides. the fact is, hillary clinton after much agonizing and i was in the gallery watching her give her speech, supported the resolution that led to the war in iraq. she had all kinds of complex reasons for doing it, but she did it. and
which means, don't go to war in iraq or libya. webb's appeal is summed up neatly. attracting anti-war progressives and conservative-minded southern white men whom he believes the party can win back. his credo is as simple as it is persuasive. rather than squander power and resources, america should rebuild. i'm joined by the "hardball" roundtable, howard fineman, msnbc contributor, maria theresa kumar and washington correspondent for the philadelphia tribune. take this on on. hillary...
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tweeted marco rubio forget to mention he supported the arming of the islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. take that. a multi layered campaign of ignorance aimed at the local and state law enforcement agencies. prefacerring the execution of two new york cops. accountability is accountability is assigned ♪ you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as simple as just boiling an egg. life takes energy. energy lives here. lou: a few comments on what i have been calling for weeks a campaign of ignorance. it has been as you would expect driven by the obama white house, attorney general eric holder turned power of justice department against law enforcement officers themselves and their agents, and turned obama justice department into what has become at its top a corrupt, littl politically motid word that mocks the word justi justice. f pa*l twrao are arjustice. >> for the past two weeks i have challenged them here, very idea not until two of new york city'
tweeted marco rubio forget to mention he supported the arming of the islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. take that. a multi layered campaign of ignorance aimed at the local and state law enforcement agencies. prefacerring the execution of two new york cops. accountability is accountability is assigned ♪ you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as...
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tweeted marco rubio forget to mention he supported the arming of the islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. take that. a multi layered campaign of ignorance aimed at the local and state law enforcement agencies. prefacerring the execution of two new york cops. accountability is assigned here next physical therap. y'know what my business philosophy is, reynolds? >>no. not exactly. to attain success, one must project success. that's why we use fedex one rate®. >>their flat rate shipping. exactly. it makes us look top-notch but we know it's affordable. (garage door opening) (sighs) honey, haven't i asked you to please use the.... >>we don't have a reception entrance. ship a pak via fedex express saver® for as low as $7.50. lou: a few comments on what i have been calling for weeks a campaign of ignorance. it has been as you would expect driven by the obama white house, attorney general eric holder turned power of justice department against law enforcement officers themselves and their agents, and turned obama justice department into what has become at its top a corrupt, littl politically mot
tweeted marco rubio forget to mention he supported the arming of the islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. take that. a multi layered campaign of ignorance aimed at the local and state law enforcement agencies. prefacerring the execution of two new york cops. accountability is assigned here next physical therap. y'know what my business philosophy is, reynolds? >>no. not exactly. to attain success, one must project success. that's why we use fedex one rate®. >>their flat rate...
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rubio was, quote, captain of the gop cheerleading team for obama's arming of syrian rebels, bombing libya, resulting in a jihadist wonderland and illegally giving foreign aid to egypt's military government. while they fight over it, president obama is promising to push ahead with his own plans in 2015. >> we have every right to be proud of what we've accomplished. more jobs, more people insured, a growing economy. pick any metric that you want, america's resurgence is real. we are better off. my presidency is entering the fourth quarter. interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter. and i'm looking forward to it. >> where i see a big problem and the opportunity to help the american people and it is within my lawful authority to provide that help, i'm going to do it. >> he's not going to stop taking these bold actions. if they cause more rifts on the right, that's just an extra christmas present for all to enjoy. joining me now are e.j. dionne and joan walsh. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> i want to get to the president in just a moment, but first, e.j.,
rubio was, quote, captain of the gop cheerleading team for obama's arming of syrian rebels, bombing libya, resulting in a jihadist wonderland and illegally giving foreign aid to egypt's military government. while they fight over it, president obama is promising to push ahead with his own plans in 2015. >> we have every right to be proud of what we've accomplished. more jobs, more people insured, a growing economy. pick any metric that you want, america's resurgence is real. we are better...
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government will face the problems of security, because as you know, the border with nigeria and with libya are very insecure. in the two last years, we had many jihadist attacks. so the problem of the security is a very serious one. the other one of course, because the revolution of 2011 was such a social revolution, will be the other problem, because you have more than 600,000 unemployed people, mainly young people in tunisia. the economy doesn't -- is very -- it is not -- it is not really in control now. it is really weak, and has weakened during the last years. so the economical problem will be very important for the new government. they will have to face the economic and social problem. i think this agenda, the agenda of security and agenda of economic and social problems will be, in the next two years in the next months, the main focus. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. just days after u.s. president barack obama vowed to retaliate over north korea's cyber attack on sony pictures, the reclusive state is facing criticism elsewhere. today, the yuan security council met to di
government will face the problems of security, because as you know, the border with nigeria and with libya are very insecure. in the two last years, we had many jihadist attacks. so the problem of the security is a very serious one. the other one of course, because the revolution of 2011 was such a social revolution, will be the other problem, because you have more than 600,000 unemployed people, mainly young people in tunisia. the economy doesn't -- is very -- it is not -- it is not really in...
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on sunday paul anotherred mighto rubio forgot to mention arming islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. rubio in turn called paul a cheerleader for president obama. >> he has the right to become a porter of president obama's foreign -- a supporter of president obama's policy, but i think it's premised on the same false notion, that engagement alone leads to freedom. it doesn't. while their economies have grown, their political freedoms have not. >> reporter: now, unlike in the democratic party where hillary clinton enjoyed a wide polling lead over any other potential challenges, in the republican party there is no front runner, and there's a long way to go. heather? heather: there certainly is. james rosen, thanks so much. we'll talk to you again soon. jon: the anti-police rhetoric over the past months now under scrutiny after the assassination of two police officers over the weekend in new york city. the gunman apparently cited the cases of michael brown and eric garner in instagram posts before he reportedly carried out the execution-style murders. joining us now, alan colmes, host o
on sunday paul anotherred mighto rubio forgot to mention arming islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. rubio in turn called paul a cheerleader for president obama. >> he has the right to become a porter of president obama's foreign -- a supporter of president obama's policy, but i think it's premised on the same false notion, that engagement alone leads to freedom. it doesn't. while their economies have grown, their political freedoms have not. >> reporter: now, unlike in the...
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paul is now saying that it is the rubio-obama foreign policy, that rubio supported hillary's war in libya. that he supported obama's funding of muslim brotherhood and so having this fight over who, which one of these guys supports obama's foreign policy the most really i don't think in the end will work for both of them, either one of them earnings foreign policy, policy. that is the big picture. let me come back to that. rand paul tweeted this, forgot to mention rubio's support of funding ever muslim brotherhood and islamic rebels in libya. to joe's point he is very aggressive. not just marco rubio. he has been out in front criticizing hillary clinton for months now. >> basically, he is sort of a leader of the tea party. he will be the viable candidate. he will not be nominee. if he is, establishment will walk away from him. he is outlyer. his father was outlyer, with great grassroots support not in the in terms of delegates. plays to his own drummer. for guy calling rubio isolationist he is biggest isolationist in our party. i think he is out of the mainstream. bill: sorry about that. c
paul is now saying that it is the rubio-obama foreign policy, that rubio supported hillary's war in libya. that he supported obama's funding of muslim brotherhood and so having this fight over who, which one of these guys supports obama's foreign policy the most really i don't think in the end will work for both of them, either one of them earnings foreign policy, policy. that is the big picture. let me come back to that. rand paul tweeted this, forgot to mention rubio's support of funding ever...
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do you remember tha libya? do you remember that country would hold fading from behind thing started? they launched airstrikes to prevent islamist militia taking over the country. we left olivia behind. this was according to the president himself i believe in a recent interview with tom frieden can you consider this a signal foreign policy achievement of his administration. it says something up that he would consider this to be the signal foreign policy achievement of his administered should look at the state the country is in. the egyptians and united arab emirates are launching airstrikes without even warning the united states beforehand. behavior like this would've never been tolerated 10 years ago. you just wouldn't have been able to get away with it but now it's just what happens. i think one of the key lessons we take from burnham is how gullible democracies are to be manipulated, to being co-opted by authoritarian powers. it's very easy to spread disinformation, propaganda, li lies. and i'm very intereste
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states from the government's the point we in the past government has a track record of proposelping when libya appropriated the oil interests of mobil and they have invited to help develop nergy sources but the u.s. government doesn't back them up in appropriation. mess, y got into this they should get themselves out of it. threatens theorea united states and our government nd military and other things like that i think that we should continue the practice of many that is letting corporations question terms out of their own fix. of cyberthis new world security you think it is on the corporation's themselves as well? caller: i absolutely do. f they are not smart enough to keep hackers out of their business, then they should go out of business. goes for target, it goes for all the others and home that have been hacked and consequently are they telling us -- no one has told us they can't keep hackers out of the if they face that brave new world. from the north korean defense commission noting army and people of north korea are ready to stand in confrontation with the u.s. in spaces including cybe
states from the government's the point we in the past government has a track record of proposelping when libya appropriated the oil interests of mobil and they have invited to help develop nergy sources but the u.s. government doesn't back them up in appropriation. mess, y got into this they should get themselves out of it. threatens theorea united states and our government nd military and other things like that i think that we should continue the practice of many that is letting corporations...
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arming islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. >>> speak of cuba, governor chris christie sending a letter to the president demanding cuba hand over a convicted cop killer from new jersey who is down in cuba now, before reopening diplomatic relations. she had political aasylum since she escaped in 1979. >>> and cuban cigar bakers set to exploit america because president obama's efforts means tourists can bring back up to $100 worth of those pricey cigars. be warned, black market cigars are being sold just like knockoff gucci bags in major cities across the area. that's your cuban news. >> thank you. we are kick off our better with friends series today, catching up with some of our most memorable guests from throughout the year. today an amazing follow-up story we first told you about in july. cadeen is a two-year-old boy who never gives up after losing his right foot and left leg. his patients captured this amazing video. i know you see yourself. he's learning to walk. watch. >> got it? >> i got it. i got it. i got it. >> oh, he's got it. on our show, he got an assist from brian.
arming islamic rebels and hillary's war in libya. >>> speak of cuba, governor chris christie sending a letter to the president demanding cuba hand over a convicted cop killer from new jersey who is down in cuba now, before reopening diplomatic relations. she had political aasylum since she escaped in 1979. >>> and cuban cigar bakers set to exploit america because president obama's efforts means tourists can bring back up to $100 worth of those pricey cigars. be warned, black...
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. >> can you talk about the factional fighting in libya? and the extent of isil's involvement in libya? >> this is something that fran referenced. the intent is almost to branch out, whether it is in libya, taking up the calls for allegiance from the extremist group in egypt, engaging to form these links. i think that is a huge area of concern. both expanding the islamic state of the caliphate -- >> this seems to be happening, right? the defense minister was saying, throughout africa you see groups mimicking isis and also making efforts to coordinate and communicate with isis. have you shut that down? >> this goes to the effort fran talked about with counter extremism. reducing the idea there are somehow invincible. we saw them making a series of inroads and have freedom that was not checked. and gaining currency amongst sunni tribes and others in iraq. we have done a lot to push back on that. to blunt that momentum. we have to do more and do it with a range of voices and partners. you saw the first military action taken this summer, late s
. >> can you talk about the factional fighting in libya? and the extent of isil's involvement in libya? >> this is something that fran referenced. the intent is almost to branch out, whether it is in libya, taking up the calls for allegiance from the extremist group in egypt, engaging to form these links. i think that is a huge area of concern. both expanding the islamic state of the caliphate -- >> this seems to be happening, right? the defense minister was saying, throughout...
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we left libya behind. this was -- he considered this the single foreign-policy achievement of his administration. it says something now that he would consider this. if you look at the state of the country. the egyptians and united arab emirates are launching strikes. behavior like this would have never been tolerated. he would not have been able to get away with it, but now it is just what happens. i i think one of the key lessons we take is how vulnerable democracies are to being manipulated, co-opted by authoritarian powers. it's it's easy to spread disinformation, propaganda, lies, and i am interested in what the russians are doing and the disinformation. if any of you have ever seen the network rt, it is a thing to behold. horrible, evil, sinister, but brilliant. it is not soviet style propaganda. this is real, high-tech stuff that appeals to people of all political stripes from the far left of the far right, and it works because we have a democratic society. we do not kick out journalists or censor th
we left libya behind. this was -- he considered this the single foreign-policy achievement of his administration. it says something now that he would consider this. if you look at the state of the country. the egyptians and united arab emirates are launching strikes. behavior like this would have never been tolerated. he would not have been able to get away with it, but now it is just what happens. i i think one of the key lessons we take is how vulnerable democracies are to being manipulated,...
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it's more difficult in situations like why libya and iraq will be given the situation on the ground. >> thanks. >> let's turn our attention now to a major source of energy. coal. kazakhstan has enough coal to supply coal for centuries but it doesn't have the infrastructure to bring coal to the markets. >> plead a vladimir smirnoff. his job brought him to the outer states. and what he found was coal. buried under the mountains it's not easy to get to, but it's potential is too big to ignore. the biggest problem, there are no roads. so smirnoff built one. these are the black mountains of southern kurdistan, and it's no mystery how they got their name. this quarry is one of the biggest operations in the area and produces thousands of tons of coal a year with the potential for more. but it's just a fraction of the amount of coal that the country actually has. >> in the country last year we mined 1 million tons of coal. 20 years ago it was 20 million tons each year. >> as you can see it can be miserable work getting coal out of the ground, but once you have it you can harness its power al
it's more difficult in situations like why libya and iraq will be given the situation on the ground. >> thanks. >> let's turn our attention now to a major source of energy. coal. kazakhstan has enough coal to supply coal for centuries but it doesn't have the infrastructure to bring coal to the markets. >> plead a vladimir smirnoff. his job brought him to the outer states. and what he found was coal. buried under the mountains it's not easy to get to, but it's potential is too...
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you can't do -- if you just let -- >> and libya, wayne. >> let me finish, please. let me finish, jonathan. you talked. let me finish. you've got to be able to do that. to have an access before you do anything else. now what you do of that access is very important. so we've got to wait and see. >> by the way, wayne, in spanish you say, shut up. [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> you know, eric, you mentioned bay of pigs. >> that's too nice of a translation for wayne. >> well, what about victory in the pacific day? i mean, i don't need raul castro bowing down on the deck of the "uss missouri." what about acknowledgement of past aggression and a promise from the u.s. any aggression from cuba will be met with sanctions and military force? a policy ignoring them. no embassy, no aid or relation. this is a dictatorship. >> isolation doesn't work. >> it doesn't help. >> i know -- >> cut off your nose to spite your face. >> exactly. >> doesn't help you. >> we didn't do that -- japan dropped bombs on pearl harbor. china has human rights violations far exceed what cu cuba's
you can't do -- if you just let -- >> and libya, wayne. >> let me finish, please. let me finish, jonathan. you talked. let me finish. you've got to be able to do that. to have an access before you do anything else. now what you do of that access is very important. so we've got to wait and see. >> by the way, wayne, in spanish you say, shut up. [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> you know, eric, you mentioned bay of pigs. >> that's too nice of a translation for...
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they have closed the board we are libya during the election period in order to insure that security is maintained. and people are hoping that even though there is that kind of division politically speaking in society, that regardless of the results of the election that there will remain peacefulness here in tunisia. >> okay, thanks, jamal. >>> egypt's president has dismissed his security chief. it's unclear if his removal signals a change in policy, but he was regarded as a hard liner loyal to president el-sisi. meanwhile sisi has held talks with qatar's deputy prime minister. it's described as an attempt to start a new chapter in relations between egypt ask qatar. egypt has opened the rafah border crossing with the gaza strip for the second time in two months. a bus has crossed from gaza to he gyp. only people in need of medical aid and egyptian vehicles as were allowed in. it's the only passage in to gaza that is not controlled by israel. so far no one has traveled from egypt in to gaza. >>> in lebanon syrian refugees are vulnerable because apart of economic hardship they are caught
they have closed the board we are libya during the election period in order to insure that security is maintained. and people are hoping that even though there is that kind of division politically speaking in society, that regardless of the results of the election that there will remain peacefulness here in tunisia. >> okay, thanks, jamal. >>> egypt's president has dismissed his security chief. it's unclear if his removal signals a change in policy, but he was regarded as a hard...
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military, for example, like we have seen in egypt or' armed struggle or armed conflict as we have seen in libya or even a war in syria. and people are hoping that that remains. however, as you say there is concern amongst the revolutionary forces particularly the younger generation here in tune it's, that the 88-year-old, the front runner in this election does win, that there could be a return to some sort of authoritarianism. not only does he have this history of being a strong man who essentially oversaw a lot of oppression whilst he was the head of security in tunisia many years ago, but also his party already has the majority in parliament and that would essentially mean it would only be one party ruling tunisia and that is why there is people who might not necessarily support the political program, but they will be voting for him because they want to insure that there is some sort of that diversity in the political landscape of tunisia. >> okay, thank you very much. at a polling station in central tunis. >>> now, to other world news. cuba's president raul castro has stressed his country wi
military, for example, like we have seen in egypt or' armed struggle or armed conflict as we have seen in libya or even a war in syria. and people are hoping that that remains. however, as you say there is concern amongst the revolutionary forces particularly the younger generation here in tune it's, that the 88-year-old, the front runner in this election does win, that there could be a return to some sort of authoritarianism. not only does he have this history of being a strong man who...
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while he just a minute, syria and libya are embroiled in armed conflicts, wars and a military coup, tanisha remains largely peaceful and stable. many home that regardless of sunday's outcome. these elects will only help further this country's march towards democracy. al jazerra, tunis. >>> and joining us now live from a polling station in the center of tunis, there was very little enthusiasm from voters in the first round of voting. will it be different this time around? what sort of turn out are we expecting today? >> reporter: well, polls just have opened in the past couple of minutes. it's important to note that this is the third time tunisians are expected to go and vote within two months and that for any type of country is possibly a bit too much in terms of it could make people less willing, lessen throughs as tick. obviously the hope is that the turn out will be greater. however, it wasn't so huge in the first round and it's expected that this might also be a bit less this time. regardless, though, there was a cue of people standing behind us and because the situation is easier here,
while he just a minute, syria and libya are embroiled in armed conflicts, wars and a military coup, tanisha remains largely peaceful and stable. many home that regardless of sunday's outcome. these elects will only help further this country's march towards democracy. al jazerra, tunis. >>> and joining us now live from a polling station in the center of tunis, there was very little enthusiasm from voters in the first round of voting. will it be different this time around? what sort of...
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the same thing happened in libya. and now libya is in chaos. our intervention there was not followed up on. and it was a disaster. on this whole question of the indispensable nation, those of us that work in foreign-policy. in some ways, we over interpret them. they become almost like buzz words. so sometimes, the indispensable nation is used interchangeably with hegemony or used interchangeably with american leadership. and each one of us here probably has a very different definition of what each one of those things means. for example, i'm pretty pragmatic about whether america is dispensable or not. the question is, what other nation could perform the task that we perform in the world but us? just as a matter of fact, we are indispensable. there is an overaggressive foreign-policy where we would be hegemonic and all these other things. i think that sometimes the example of the iraq war with respect to germany and france not following the iraq war is used as a case example of this. i was at the state department. at the time, i look at the u.n.
the same thing happened in libya. and now libya is in chaos. our intervention there was not followed up on. and it was a disaster. on this whole question of the indispensable nation, those of us that work in foreign-policy. in some ways, we over interpret them. they become almost like buzz words. so sometimes, the indispensable nation is used interchangeably with hegemony or used interchangeably with american leadership. and each one of us here probably has a very different definition of what...
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of the decision to intervene in libya. in particular, i disapprove of intervening in libya without having any plan for what followed. st. augustine taught us that the purpose of a war is to build a better piece. don't fight the war if you don't have a plan to build a better piece that follows and if you don't understand it, that is a generational task and it will require american. on the ground for a generation. sometimes it is worth it. if you were brutally attacked from afghanistan by al qaeda and the taliban won't hand them over you have a responsibility to overthrow the taliban and having overthrown it a responsibility to create a better country fare that will never again harbor international terror. but that is the only war of the 21st century that i believe was necessary until now, this third war in iraq. >> let's go way back, how about the gentleman who is standing there. go-ahead. >> thanks for being here. i am the marine fellow at cnas this year. i am curious about your thoughts as to how adequately positioned our
of the decision to intervene in libya. in particular, i disapprove of intervening in libya without having any plan for what followed. st. augustine taught us that the purpose of a war is to build a better piece. don't fight the war if you don't have a plan to build a better piece that follows and if you don't understand it, that is a generational task and it will require american. on the ground for a generation. sometimes it is worth it. if you were brutally attacked from afghanistan by al...
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war in - - did didn't go to war in libya - - stayed out of syria because there is nobody to support over there. whoever takes over that country will hate us just as bad. stayed out of ukraine. as much as we like to help people against the russians, we have stayed out of it. and the russians get to either kate now. so, on that basis, and just on no matter - - facts, nno tell r how you look at it, me - - how much better would mitt romney or mccain had been president? caller: good morning, c-span. thank you for taking my call. i want to say that the president has done a great job. with all he had to go against, this man did it on its own with no approval from congress. human and. he went in and battled it back. and sung.t there this president said, this is what i want to do. and he did it. a damn good job. knowing get some credit for the gas prices coming down. no one gives him credit for putting us through multiple wars, giving us out of force. this new congress, the only thing i ask is that you work with this man. because we are a strong nation. can only get stronger. work with him. god b
war in - - did didn't go to war in libya - - stayed out of syria because there is nobody to support over there. whoever takes over that country will hate us just as bad. stayed out of ukraine. as much as we like to help people against the russians, we have stayed out of it. and the russians get to either kate now. so, on that basis, and just on no matter - - facts, nno tell r how you look at it, me - - how much better would mitt romney or mccain had been president? caller: good morning, c-span....
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wanting on international force to disarment rebels groups and help with national reconciliation in libya. al jazeera demands the release of three journalists imprisoned in egypt for 357 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charms of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >> a turkish court issued an arrest warrant for a muslim cleric, a critic. recep tayyip erdogan. he lived in the u.s. since 1989 and is accused of leading a criminal group. we have this report. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protesters make their feelings known in front of a court in istanbul, which ordered the arrest of four people detained in raids and tv stations. >> translation: if this country vendors to desposism ever one will pay. don't give in though desposism. >> reporter: the media targeted was connected to this man who is accused of leading a plot to overthrow recep tayyip erdogan. they were allies, but erl he asked that he be extradited. the u.s. state department is not saying if an extradition request is made. >> the state d
wanting on international force to disarment rebels groups and help with national reconciliation in libya. al jazeera demands the release of three journalists imprisoned in egypt for 357 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charms of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >> a turkish court issued an arrest warrant for a muslim cleric, a critic. recep tayyip erdogan. he lived in the u.s. since 1989...